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| Date | 2026-10-03 08:01 -0400 |
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| Subject | Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% |
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.advocacy, comp.os.linux.advocacy, alt.comp.os.windows-11 |
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| From | CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> |
| Message-ID | <6ac0ee93$0$25$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> (permalink) |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
On 2026-10-02 8:23 p.m., Paul wrote: > On Fri, 10/2/2026 1:17 PM, CrudeSausage wrote: >> On 2026-10-02 1:03 p.m., CrudeSausage wrote: >>> It's almost as if the number was never accurate at all! The reality is that no matter how bad Windows is, most of the world is able to stomach it. Those who can't will move to Mac, not Linux. >>> >>> <https://lunduke.substack.com/p/linux-market-share-plummets-from> >> >> I meant to crosspost this to the Linux and Windows newsgroups. My apologies. >> > > Whether the number is 3% or the number is 15%, the measurement technique > is broken six ways from Sunday. > > Anyone who "concludes" something based on StatsCounter, is delusional. > The measurement method is just too sloppy. > > For the things that the Distrowatch popularity counter measures, attempts > have been made to game the numbers (use bots to look for a certain distro > on the site). But if you use T test, remove the outliers, and measure > longer term averages, you can get a better idea of the "true" level of > interest. I can well believe that Ubuntu has been in 8th place now, > for a couple of years (as they don't really care what place they're in now). And they shouldn't. For me, Ubuntu is one of the most polished experiences, regardless of how controversial some of the positions might be to users of open-source. If Ubuntu were the default Linux distribution and people didn't jump from one to the other looking for perfection, more people might be using Linux right now. > I think "level of interest" is a better metric than "mere installs". > It would be interesting to see, how the number of queries per month > has fared, in the "Year Of The Linux Desktop". Making some allowance for > the usual bot-gaming activities. We could, perhaps, conclude "interest rising" > or "interest level flat", without assigning numbers to the properties. > As the magnitude of the numbers might not be very meaningful. > > Even if we could think of some privacy-invading method of measuring > OS usage, how would we know what the numbers mean ? Is a human > really in front of the machine ? Does a human care what happens > inside that machine ? we wouldn't know. Agreed. For my tastes, Linux deserves a chance to become a regular person's system of choice to get work done and do the things a casual computer user wants to do. In other words, if you're not using a gaming machine, there are nothing but benefits to choosing Linux over Windows. -- CrudeSausage MacBook Air M4 iPhone 13
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Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-02 13:03 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-02 13:17 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-10-02 20:23 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-03 08:01 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2026-10-04 20:47 +1100
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-10-04 19:10 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% Nick Charles <none@none.none> - 2026-10-05 00:24 +0000
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-04 21:00 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-10-05 16:53 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-05 19:53 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-10-05 20:53 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-05 20:56 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-10-05 21:16 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-05 21:44 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-10-05 22:08 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-06 08:30 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2026-10-06 14:37 +0000
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-06 12:34 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-10-07 00:27 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-10-07 02:10 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% Nick Charles <none@none.none> - 2026-10-07 20:41 +0000
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-10-07 17:25 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2026-10-07 16:24 -0700
Re: Linux marketshare peaks at 22% Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-10-07 23:24 +0000
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-07 20:53 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-10-07 22:38 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-08 11:15 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-10-08 21:06 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-08 21:32 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-10-08 21:56 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-09 08:21 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-10-09 16:07 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-09 17:20 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-10-09 18:13 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-09 20:32 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-10-09 22:44 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-10-05 23:37 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-10-06 22:19 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-10-05 02:25 +0000
Re: Linux marketshare peaks at 22% Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-10-04 23:59 +0000
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-04 20:13 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2026-10-05 06:46 -0500
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% John Bokma <contact@johnbokma.com> - 2026-10-05 14:47 +0200
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-05 19:48 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-10-05 14:34 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-05 21:51 +0200
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-10-05 23:33 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-05 19:47 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-10-06 06:01 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-10-04 08:17 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% WolfFan <akwolffan@zoho.com> - 2026-10-07 11:39 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-07 21:08 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2026-10-03 19:49 +1000
Re: Linux marketshare peaks at 22% Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-10-03 09:56 +0000
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-10-03 10:06 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare peaks at 22% Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-10-03 21:53 +0000
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-03 11:54 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2026-10-03 16:15 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2026-10-03 16:50 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2026-10-04 08:44 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2026-10-04 13:40 -0500
Re: Linux marketshare peaks at 22% Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-10-03 21:56 +0000
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2026-10-04 21:01 +1100
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-10-04 09:32 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-03 11:50 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-03 20:14 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-07 10:52 -0400
Re: Linux marketshare peaks at 22% Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-10-07 23:30 +0000
Re: Linux marketshare drops from 15% to 3% CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-07 21:07 -0400
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